Grocer&#39;s cabinet.



No. 755,156.} PATENTBD MAR. 22, 1904.

s. B. MOORE.

GROCERS CABINET.

APPLIGATIOR FILED AUG. 13, 190 3.

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UNITED "STATES Patented March 22,1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. MOORE, OF ADA, INDIAN TERRITORY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- TO I. H. VANEATON, OF ADA, INDIAN TERRITORY. I

GROOERS CABIN ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 755,156, dated March22, 1904. Application filed August 13, 1903. Serial No. 169,367- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ada, in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grocers Cabinets, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in grocers cabinets adapted for usein retailing sugar, salt, rice, and the like, and more particularly to aregistering attachment therefor; and it consists, mainly, in theemployment, in connection with a suitable casing, of a delivery hopper,intermediate measuring chambers, a discharge-chamber, and registeringdevices for indicating the number of discharges from each of themeasuring-chambers.

Other improvements will be more particularly pointed out and readilyunderstood from the following detailed description when read inconnection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, andwherein a preferable embodiment of my invention is disclosed for thepurpose of illustration.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, alongitudinal crosssection; Fig. 3, a transverse section; Fig. 4, alongitudinal cross-section of a modified form, and Figs. 5 and 6 aredetail views of the registering attachment.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, wherein like referencecharacters designate corresponding parts in the several views, Arepresents an outer casing rectan gular in shape and formed of anysuitable material, having front and back sections a; and Z),

respectively, and end sections 0. The casing A is arranged upon suitableleg-supports B, having cross-braces B intermediate the same at the endsof the'casing. These braces B, in addition to supporting theleg-supports B, may be utilized for supporting bags or the like, X. Ametallic lining a is preferably arranged upon the interior of the casingA. A removable cover O, having a handle 0, is mounted upon the top ofthe casing A. Within the upper portion of the casing A and extendinglengthwise of the same is a receivinghopper D, having a convergingbottom d, terminating inoutlet-openings d. Sliding gates E, mounted insuitable ways 6, are arranged to normally close said openings d.

F represents a series of measuring vessels of varying capacities andhave inlet and outlet openings and f, respectively, the inletopeningsbeing arranged immediately below the outlet-openings d of the hopper D.Arranged to close the openings f are sliding gates Gr, mounted in"suitable ways f Ar- .ranged below the outlets f is a commondischarge-chamber H, having a funnel-shaped bottom it, With an outletit, below which may be placed one of the bags X or otherreceivingreceptacle for the measured product. Upon the front a of thecasing A, adjacent each end thereof, is an outwardly-extended member J,to which are pivoted a series of double-acting levers I, which in turnare pivotally secured to the gates E and G at e and g, respectively, sothat by the opening of'one of said gates the other will be closed, andvice versa. Said levers I have elongated extensions I, terminating inhandles c', upon which extensions are mounted pawls arranged to engageratchet-wheels K, mounted upon the frontof the casing, said pawls andratchet-wheels being so arranged relative the one to the other that uponeach opening of the gates G by the lever I the complementaryratchet-wheel is turned one ratchet.

L represents stops for preventing the backward turning of the wheels K.Around the periphery of the face of the ratchet-wheels K are arranged aseries of numerals to indicate the numberof movements it has made from agiven point 0 on the ratchet-wheel bearings 0. From. the foregoingdescription the operation of the device is apparent. The outlets f ofthe measuring-receptacles F being normally closed by the gates G and theoutlets d of the receiving-hopper D being normally open, the product tobe sold is placed in the hopper D, from which it passes by gravity tothe various measuring vessels F, filling the same. The bag X beingplaced under the outlet h, the selected lever I is operated to open itscooperating gate G and to close the complementary gate E, thus releasingthe desired amount of the product and at the same time turning theadjacent ratchet-wheel one point.

As shown in Fig. 4, the upper hopper D may be divided into a series ofcompartments D by the partitions D and various different articles orgrades of articles placed therein. These various compartments D arearranged to communicate with the immediate measuring vesselstherebeneath. The operation of this modified form is the same as thatpreviously described.

Many minor changes may be made in the details of construction without inthe least departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a cabinet of the character described, the combination with areceiving-hopper, of a series of measuring vessels below the same andcommunicating therewith, outlets for the vessels, gates for closing theoutlets, operating-levers upon the front of the cabinet for each of thegates, and individual indicating devices for each of the vessels mountedin suitable bearings upon the front of the cabinet and operativelyassociated with the respective levers, the indicating characters of saiddevices facing forwardly relative to the front of the cabinet.

2. In a grocers cabinet, the combination with the casing, of areceiving-hopper, a series of measuring vessels below the same,'andcommunicating therewith, outlets for the vessels, gates for closing theoutlets, outwardlyextended brackets upon the front of the easingadjacent its opposite sides, operating-levers for the gates pivoted tothe brackets, supplemental brackets upon the front of the casingadjacent each of the measuring vessels and an individual indicatingdevice the vessels mounted upon said supplemental brackets andoperatively associated with the respective levers.

3. In a cabinet of the character described, the combination of areceiving-hopper, a series of measuring vessels below the same, andcommunicating therewith, inlets and outlets for the vessels, gates forclosing the outlets, operating-levers upon the front of the cabinet foreach of the gates, and indicating devices for each of the vesselsmounted in suitable bearings upon the front of the cabinet andoperatively associated with the respective levers, said indicatingdevices comprising a rotary disk, and characters on the periphery of thedisk facing forwardly relative to the front of the casing.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL E. MOORE. Witnesses:

B. P. KINSEY, C. C. MCCARTHY.

